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Tag Archives: 1940s
Klondike Kate (1943) William Castle, Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Glenda Farrell

Molly and her troupe of dancing girls and “entertainers”, sent for by saloon owner “Sometime” Smith Read More »
The Raven (1943) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey

A vicious series of poison-pen letters spreads rumours, suspicion and fear among the inhabitants of a small French town Read More »
Quay of the Goldsmiths (1947) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier

Jenny Lamour wants to succeed in music hall. Her husband and accompanist is Maurice Martineau, a nice but jealous guy. Read More »
Warning to Wantons (1949) Donald B. Wilson, Harold Warrender, Anne Vernon, David Tomlinson

Seventeen-year-old Renee slips away from her convent school, joins her fashionable mother Read More »
Donne-moi tes yeux (1943) Sacha Guitry, Geneviève Guitry, Aimé Clariond

A renowned sculptor aged about fifty years, François Bressolles falls for the young Catherine Collet Read More »
The Estrela’s Lion (1947) Arthur Duarte, António Silva, Milú, Maria Eugénia

Anastacio, a football fan supporting the Sporting Club, meets the Baratas while on vacation with his family. Read More »
Reign of Terror (1949) Anthony Mann, Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart

Robespierre, a powerful figure in the French Revolution and the subsequent Reign of Terror Read More »
Adventures of Casanova (1948) Roberto Gavaldón, Arturo de Córdova, Lucille Bremer, Turhan Bey

Casanova, a young patriot in 18th-century Sicily, upon learning that his father and sister have been murdered Read More »
Mahal (1949) Kamal Amrohi, Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, M. Kumar

Hari Shankar (Ashok Kumar) comes to claim his inheritance – a palatial building known as Shabnam Mahal. Read More »